| 1 | 1 | | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2967 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the prescription of a controlled substance for certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | patients and continued treatment of those patients. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 481.0725 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 481.0725. PRESCRIPTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND |
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| 12 | 12 | | CONTINUED TREATMENT OF PATIENT AFTER DRUG TEST. A practitioner may |
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| 13 | 13 | | not refuse to prescribe a controlled substance for the treatment of |
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| 14 | 14 | | pain to a patient or refuse to continue treating the patient solely |
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| 15 | 15 | | because the results of a drug test taken by the patient indicated |
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| 16 | 16 | | that tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol was present in the |
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| 17 | 17 | | patient's body. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 19 | 19 | | to a prescription issued on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 20 | 20 | | A prescription issued before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 21 | 21 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the prescription is |
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| 22 | 22 | | issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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